A member of the jury at the 7th Swiss Cheese Awards inspects a piece of Emmentaler. More than 600 cheeses will compete in 25 categories and will be judged according to their appearance, taste and consistency. A Swiss Champion will be designated among the categories' winners.

Workers carry wardrobes from their building in Xian village, a slum in downtown Guangzhou. The demolition of a market adjacent to Xian village, or the "urban village," part of a cleanup for the Asian Games in November, has sparked confrontations between about 2,000 police officers and hundreds of slum residents.

Police officers clash with protesters at a disputed railway station project in Stuttgart. The protest is targeted at the $5.6 billion Stuttgart 21 project that calls for the transformation of Stuttgart's central station from an above-ground terminus to a below-ground through-station with a new high-speed track.

Three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador takes a seat at a news conference, where he talked about his suspension today after failing a dope test. The cycling superstar, who won his third yellow jersey at the end of July's three-week epic, announced that he had tested positive for clenbuterol, a banned substance, but blamed it on food contamination.

Cambodian children play near a pipe pumping out sand to fill Boeung Kak Lake in Phnom Penh. Thousands of families living near the lake, which is currently half-filled with sand, are facing eviction after the government in 2007 awarded the land to a local real estate developer, Shukaku Inc., for private development. Residents demanded $15,000 to $20,000 in compensation to move out, but the government would only agree to about $8,500 per family. The firm has been filling in the lake with sand, causing frequent floods at the residents' homes.

Traditional eel fisherman Peter Carter travels on Well Creek at first light. This is the last day of the eel fishing season, which has been brought forward after new restrictions imposed by the Environment Agency, which says stocks of eels are too low. Mr Carter's family has caught eels in the Fens area of Norfolk for 500 years using traditional wicker traps.

Pictures in the News | Sept. 30, 2010

Film legend Tony Curtis died today. We begin Thursday’s Pictures in the News with a floral tribute at the actor’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The images that follow are an eclectic mix of angels, mimes, models, a cheese expert and a fisherman. We also have police clashing with people protesting a disputed railway station project in Stuttgart, Germany; wig-wearing spectators at the Ryder Cup in Wales, as well as an image of the opening ceremony; and three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador facing the media after he was suspended for failing a drug test.

We see a Fiat 500 with 1,000 faces at the Paris auto show; the view from the tallest free-standing crane in Slovenia; and we’re at the incineration of confiscated drugs in Mexico.